Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bozeman, MT ranks #1,074 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 123 patents from 80 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bozeman, MT include Vista Outdoor Operations, Monsanto Technology, Kla-Tencor. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 80 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul N. Smith Vista Outdoor Operations 6
1 Robert A. Kincaid Vista Outdoor Operations 6
1 Dale R. Clark Monsanto Technology 6
1 Anatoly Shchemelinin Kla-Tencor 6
#5 Charles Richardson Takeda Vaccines 4
#5 David Yakos Unknown 4
#5 Thomas R. Foubert Takeda Vaccines 4
#5 Joel R. Switzer Toddy Tech 4
#9 Thomas S. Vedvick Corixa 3
#9 Lee E. Cannon Igt 3
#9 Stephen Sanford Toddy Tech 3
#12 Christopher Cole Chandler Newport 2
#12 William J. Ritter Spark R&Dip Holdings 2
#12 John Curry Andrew 2
#12 Philip A. Sullivan Empire Technology Development 2
#12 Allan George Schrum Oracle 2
#17 Tom W. Kleckner Igt 1
#17 Kenneth F. May, Jr. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 1
#17 Michael James Thorpe Bridger Photonics 1
#17 Zeb Barber Aurora Operations 1
#17 Frederic T. Barrows USDA 1
#17 Russell Tempero Oracle 1
#17 Jerry L. Byrd Igt 1
#17 John E. Thieltges Igt 1
#17 Michael J. Durney Harvard University 1
#17 Leif Summerfield Elemental Scientific Lasers 1
#17 Andrew Tonn Toddy Tech 1
#17 David Pascual Montana State University 1
#17 Richard J. Adams Klean Kanteen 1
#17 Mark John D'Agostino Proppant Express Solutions 1
#17 Steven Robert Shaw E-Circuit Motors 1
#17 Graham Cummins Workiva 1
#17 Robert Ray Lamb Workiva 1
#17 Houston Dean King Workiva 1
#17 Jon O. Nagy University of California 1
#17 Peggy R. Durney 1
#17 Donald C. Thelen, Jr. Lattice Semiconductor 1
#17 Robert K. Buczala Newport 1
#17 Travis C. Yeik 1
#17 Paul E. Rishel Newport 1
#17 Monty Bucholz Oracle 1
#17 Tyson C. Joehler Igt 1
#17 Robert Perry Hooker ExxonMobil 1
#17 Gary A. Strobel The Research And Development Institute At Montana State University 1
#17 David Ronsen 1
#17 Joel E. Carson Igt 1
#17 Michael C. Monaghan Beartooth Radio 1
#17 Greggory W. Switzer Newport 1
#17 Michael B. Simmonds Quantum Design 1
#17 Jason Bloom 1

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